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Ready Player One: A Year-Long Reading Challenge
January 1 - December 31st, 2024


Let's read books and complete tasks related to video games you know and love, and maybe a few that are new to you!


On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new video game in the Game Console Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each game. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few games as you would like.


You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}


Completion Post
Video Game:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:


If you have any questions, please post them in the Cheat Codes Q & A Thread.


Challenge Rules:
📘 Standard Rules Apply
📘I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
📘Your first video game will be posted on January 1, 2024.
📘Books must be completed after the video game has been posted.

Completion Post - Game 1

Video Game: Pong
Task: Read a book published in or set during the 1970s
Book read: Gone with the Witch by Angela M. Sanders
Date read: 03/01/24
How it fits: Half the book is set in the 1970s in the form of flashbacks as Josie struggles to solve a murder in the present day.

Completion Post - Game 2

Video Game: Pac-man
Task: Read a book where a character eats pizza
Book read: A Body in the Belfry by J.B. Hawker
Date read: 18/01/24
How it fits: Page 206 “…Merrill held out her hand for a slice of pizza. It smelled heavenly and tasted delicious. Her blissful expression as she ate the first bite made her brothers laugh...�

Completion Post - Game 3

Video Game: The Legend of Zelda
Task: Read a book with a female MC whose first initial is found in ZELDA
Book read: Fox Cubs and Felonies by Rune Stroud
Date read: 12/02/24
How it fits: Female MC is named Autumn

Completion Post - Game 4

Video Game: Final Fantasy
Task: Read a book with an alliterative title.
Book read: Holiday Hexes by J.L. Collins
Date read: 23/02/24
How it fits: Is an alliterative title - HH

Completion Post - Game 5

Video Game 5: Animal Crossing
Task: Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}
Book read: A Wife for Carter by Wendy May Andrews
Date read: 10/03/24
How it fits: Published July 1, 2022

Completion Post - Game 6

Video Game 6: Asteroids
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is found in ASTEROIDS
Book read: Artek by Honey Phillips
Date read: 19/03/24
How it fits: Artek is the MC - his first initial is A

Completion Post - Game 7

Video Game 7: Grand Theft Auto
Task: Read a book where a theft occurs
Book read: Thick as Thieves by Mary B. Barbee
Date read: 02/04/24
How it fits: lots of robberies happening so the twins investigate

Completion Post - Game 8

Video Game 8: Frogger
Task: Read a book with a 5 in the page count
Book read: The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
Date read: 16/04/24
How it fits: 256 pages

Completion Post - Game 9

Video Game 9: Call of Duty
Task: Read a book with the word OF found in the title/subtitle
Book read: The Witches of Holloway Road by Iris Beaglehole
Date read: 10/05/24
How it fits: The word “of� is in the title

Completion Post - Game 10

Video Game 10: Centipede
Task: Read a book by an author who has written more than one series
Book read: The Hero She Needs by Anna Hackett
Date read: 16/05/24
How it fits: Has written 19 series

Completion Post - Game 11

Video Game 11: Super Smash Bros
Task: Read a book published in the 1990s
Book read: Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Date read: 07/06/24
How it fits: Published May 4, 1998

Completion Post - Game 12

Video Game 12: Halo
Task: Read a book where the MC's first initial is NOT found in MICROSOFT
Book read: I'll Be Home for Mischief by Jacqueline Frost
Date read: 16/06/24
How it fits: MC is Holly

Completion Post - Game 13

Video Game 13: Sonic the Hedgehog
Task: Read a book with an animal on the cover
Book read: Where Witches Lie by M.Z. Andrews
Date read: 03/07/24
How it fits: Black cat on cover

Completion Post - Game 14

Video Game 14: Donkey Kong
Task: Read a book where you know the MC's first and last name
Book read: The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer
Date read: 31/07/24
How it fits: MC’s full name is India Steele

Completion Post - Game 15

Video Game 15: The Sims
Task: Read a book where a character's home is described
Book read: An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly
Date read: 09/08/24
How it fits: When the twins arrive at their inherited Irish cottage it described in detail as they walk through the beautiful garden and then through the house. Sounds like a dream - amazing!

Completion Post - Game 16

Video Game 16: World of Warcraft
Task: Read a book with an author who has double letters in either name, like Blizzard does
Book read: Vrooms, Brooms, & Heirlooms by Maddy Savanna
Date read: 16/08/24
How it fits: Authors first and last names have double letters

Completion Post - Game 17

Video Game: Stardew Valley
Task: Read a book set on a farm or in a small town
Book read: The English Oak by Heather Reyburn
Date read: 03/09/24
How it fits: Is set on Tullagulla Station a small farm that runs a few sheep and cattle. Is a fictional property “an hour� out of a small town called Millmerrin which is a real

Completion Post - Game 18

Video Game: Space Invaders
Task: Read a book set in space
Book read: Defying Mars by Cidney Swanson
Date read: 18/09/24
How it fits: Set in space - MC is a space pilot based on mars - but is currently flying in an intergalactic war.

Completion Post - Game 19

Video Game: Fortnite
Task: Read a book with at least 6 different editions listed on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
Book read: Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
Date read: 04/10/24
How it fits: according to Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ there are 859 editions

Completion Post - Game 20

Video Game: Wii Sports
Task: Read a book that various ages of readers could enjoy
Book read: The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
Date read: 24/10/24
How it fits: Older Children, Middle School, YA, Adults, Men, Women and retirees will all love this

Completion Post - Game 21

Video Game: Minecraft
Task: Read a book where the title starts with a letter in MOJANG
Book read: Once Upon a Duke by Erica Ridley
Date read: 16/11/24
How it fits: Title starts with O

Completion Post - Game 22

Video Game: Super Mario Bros
Task: Read a book set in a fictional place, like Mushroom Kingdom
Book read: Queso de los Muertos by Nova Nelson
Date read: 20/11/24
How it fits: Is set in the fictional magical town of Eastwind

Completion Post - Game 23

Video Game: Pitfall
Task: Read a book with a simple design on the cover. {Your discretion}
Book read: 'Tis the Damn Season by Fiona Gibson
Date read: 08/12/24
How it fits: A simple design on the cover

Completion Post - Game 24

Video Game: Tetris
Task: Read a book where the author's first AND last names DO NOT start with a letter in TETRIS
Book read: The Great Witches Baking Show by Nancy Warren
Date read: 16/12/24
How it fits: N & W not found in tetris